It Is Happening Every Day, Every Where
A letter from Linda McMahon, the education secretary, said the college leaders must demonstrate more responsible management of the university before receiving additional federal grants.
The administration has accused the university of lacking viewpoint diversity. Harvard is fighting its demands, but embracing the vague term.
Beyond the politics is a brew of resentment and reverence that the president, an Ivy League graduate himself, has long harbored for a club that has never accepted him.
Alan Garber became a hero to liberals after Harvard resisted the federal government. At the same time, he is trying to remake campus culture in ways the Trump administration might appreciate.
College athletes have signed deals worth millions of dollars since the N.C.A.A. allowed student-athletes to become paid endorsers.
Between pieces of advice like “don’t try to be someone else,” the president attacked political foes and discussed everything from egg prices to transgender rights, often to cheers from the crowd.
Behind the scenes, a top department official pressed employees to gather a list of activists and investigate them, people familiar with the matter said.
Despite lacking a unified message or strategy, Democrats, universities, law firms and other institutions are starting to push back harder against the administration.
The move comes as President Trump has tried to abolish D.E.I. programs at universities.
Hundreds of lawyers and other staff members are fleeing the arm of the agency that defends constitutional rights, which appointees intend to reshape to enact President Trump’s agenda.